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08-19-2005, 06:55 AM
Not much news this morning, so figured I'd post some more WoW info. Apparently Upper Deck are producing a WoW card game. Normally I'd say "who cares". What makes this interesting is that the card game will affect the online game.
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Brian Hacker, former Shaman King TCG designer, is the lead designer for the game and is working hand in hand with Blizzard to capture the feeling of emersion that the online version offers its 3 million plus subscribers. Upper Deck is looking at having special silver foil cards in packs that once scratched off, like a lottery ticket, could reveal a special code. The various codes then can be used online to add special appearance alterations/changes, to online player characters. They are even going as far as too look at having resource pools to collect from every purchase, much like collecting bear pelts or spider legs in the online game, which can be redeemed for special alterations to player characters.
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I'm not sure what to think about this. I've never been a fan of card games (other than blackjack and gofish), but this sounds interesting. It really depends on what the rewards are. Would you be willing to pay for a card game if it gave you in-game items? Someone needs to make a Tribes Vengeance card game where if you collect enough resources, you get a patch.
Gaming Report has the rest of the <a href="http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=18271">article</a>
<blockquote>
Brian Hacker, former Shaman King TCG designer, is the lead designer for the game and is working hand in hand with Blizzard to capture the feeling of emersion that the online version offers its 3 million plus subscribers. Upper Deck is looking at having special silver foil cards in packs that once scratched off, like a lottery ticket, could reveal a special code. The various codes then can be used online to add special appearance alterations/changes, to online player characters. They are even going as far as too look at having resource pools to collect from every purchase, much like collecting bear pelts or spider legs in the online game, which can be redeemed for special alterations to player characters.
</blockquote>
I'm not sure what to think about this. I've never been a fan of card games (other than blackjack and gofish), but this sounds interesting. It really depends on what the rewards are. Would you be willing to pay for a card game if it gave you in-game items? Someone needs to make a Tribes Vengeance card game where if you collect enough resources, you get a patch.
Gaming Report has the rest of the <a href="http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=18271">article</a>